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Paper, regarding the torpedo or num eel by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/15i/30

Date: 1675-1680

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The author describes an animal they call 'the torpedo or num eele [sic]' which was seen in the river in Surinam.

Subject: Zoology

Reference number
CLP/15i/30
Earliest possible date
1675-1680
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding the torpedo or num eel by unknown author, 1675-1680, CLP/15i/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_30/paper-regarding-the-torpedo-or-num-eel-by-unknown-author, accessed on 05 October 2024

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